TussilagoFarfara. Coltsfoot. 
TUSSILAGO Linnai Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia SuperfluA. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus iimplex. Cal. fquama: a?quales, difcum ztquantes* 
fubmembranacea;. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 17. Herba: flore composito, Semine papposo non lactescentes, 
FLORE DISCOIDE. 
TUSSILAGO Farfara fcapo unifloro imbricato, foliis fubcordatis angulatis denticulatis, hinnai Syjl. 
V ■’.get ab. p. 629. Spec. Plant, p. 1214. FI. Suecic. n. 743. 
PETASITES fcapo unifloro ; flofeulis in ambitu lingulatis. Haller hi/l. n. 143. 
TUSSILAGO Farfara. ScopcllFl. Carnlot. n. 1059. 
TUSSILAGO vulgaris Bauhin pin. 197. 
TUSSILAGO Gerard emac. 81 1. 
TUSSILAGO Parkinfon 1220. Raii Syti. p. 173, Common Coltsfoot. Huilfon FI. Angi. p. 31 5. Oeitf 
FI. Dan. icon. 595. 
RADIX pradonga, craffitie minimi digiti, albida, fub t 
terra reptans et late fe propagans, ex una parte | 
folia ex altera flores emittens. | 
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FOLIA fubrotundo-cordata, angulofo-dentata, inferne ¥ 
tomentofa, albida, fuperne viridia lkpe cum | 
tantillo tomenti. | 
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SCAPI uniflori, ftriati, tomentofi, foliofi, foliolis lan- | 
ceolatis, adpreffis, rubicundis, perafta florei- :: 
centia nutantes, demum eredti. ;; 
CALYX (communis) cylindraceus ; fquamis oblongis, 
acutis, alternis anguftioribus, fig. 1, 2. 
COROLLA compofita, Corollula: in difeo herma- 
phroditae, tubulofae, flavte ; limbo quinquefi- 
do, acuto, reflexo, j/2fr. 4; Anthera in tu- 
bum coalita;, apicibus acutis, fig. 5 ; Germen 
breve, fig. 8 ; Stylus filiformis, Antheris 
longior, fig. 9; Stigma capitatum,^. 10. 
COROLLULiE in radio femines, flava;, bafi tubulofa;, 
limbus linearis, fig. 3 ; Germen oblongum, 
fig. 6; Stigma bifidum, tenue, fig. 7. 
SEMEN oblongum, pallide fufeum; Pappus feffilis, 
fimplex, fig. 1 1 . 
ROOT very long, the thicknefs of ones little finger, 
whitilh, creeping under the ground, and pro- 
pagating itlelf far and wide ; from one part of 
it lending forth leaves, from another part 
flowers. 
LEAVES of a roundilh heart-fhaped figure, angular and 
indented, underneath downy and whitilh ; 
above green, oftentimes covered with a little 
down. 
STALKS lupporting one flower, channeled, downv, 
covered with leaves, which are lanceolate’ 
prefled to the ftalk and reddilh, upright, when 
the bloflbms are over hanging down, finally 
becoming upright. 
CALYX (common to all the florets) cylindrical ; the 
lquamae or little leaves oblong, pointed ; the 
alternate ones narroweft. 
COROLLA compound: the Florets in the center 
hermaphrodite, tubular, yellow; the limb di- 
vided into five fegments, which are pointed 
and turn back, fig . 4 : Anther a: uniting into 
a tube, the tips pointed, fig. 5 : the Germen 
^ ort > fig- 8 : the Style filiform, longer than 
the Anthers, fig. 9 : the Stigma forming; a 
little head, fig. 10. ° 
FLORETS in the circumference yellow, at bottom tu- 
bular, the limb very narrow, fig. 3: Germen 
oblon g> ^ 6: Stigma bifid, {lender, fig. 7. 
SEED oblong, of a pale brown colour ; Down hand- 
ing on the leed, not feathered, fig. 1 1 . 
NEXT to the Hay, the Call, fiat is the firft flower which appears with us in the Spring ; and there is this remark- 
able cncumftance attending it, that its blofloms come up generally at feme diftance from, and before its leaves- 
the% 5 ^ gathered by many perlons who make a Syrup or Tea of them when dried, which is genem ly confidered 
as a Peftoral, or ufefulmdi&rdersoftheLungs. The leaves make a principal ingredient in the B?itiih Srb 
. “ th i? ® ow f \. are °f of bloom > aud the fetIs w!tb P»PP«s or Down, as yet moift are inclofed with 
in the Calyx, the heads hang down as reprefented in the figure : as the moifture oflhe feeds 
m ripening they become lighter and are again erefled ; and now the Pappus fully expandf and puts on 
1 "° dCed thiS liL & ~ -ke place in 
and 
“ d mmy ° thcr pllCK ab0 “ ToW ”’ the Col,S f M Is P kntiful ^ugh S flowering in February 
Farmers are difpleafed with the appearance of this plant 
and impoveriffied loil ; but is with much difficulty, from the 
on their ground, as it not only indicates a poor, 
length of its creeping roots, efte&ually deftroyed. 
cold. 
The 
